NYE in Punta Arenas

Punta Arenas and penguins

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January 8th 2009
So after our adventures in Torres del Paine and Perito Moreno and after a very boring day in rainy Puerto Natales, we arrived on New Year's Eve in Punta Arenas, the last city on the American continent. It would be the end of the world, if it wasn't for the Tierra del Fuego island just south of it. But it's good enough. We were happy with my selection of hostel, Fin del Mundo, which was a lively ... read more

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Prior to the coming of the Spanish in the 16th century, northern Chile was under Inca rule while Araucanian Indians inhabited central and southern Chile; the latter were not completely subjugated until the early 1880s. Although Chile declared its ind... ... read more